Chicago native Terrence Howard's 17-year film and TV career underwent a seismic shift with his star turn in "Hustle & Flow," the Memphis hip-hop drama that sold to MTV and Param...
WHO SHE IS: Rachel Herbener, an A-list commercial script supervisor, who moves in a world of big ad agencies, high-profile directors, and fast-paced shoots. JOB DESCRIPTION...
U.S. TV audiences get an unusually personal window into the challenges of teen pregnancy this October, when the Kindling Group's documentary "A Doula Story" has its broadcast pr...
Fletcher Chicago has a dynamite duo leading sales and rentals with Kevin O'Connor's promotion to sales manager and the addition of Stan Glapa taking O'Connor's former position o...
"PRISON BREAK" has broken through the ratings so strongly that Fox TV has given the go-ahead for nine more episodes for a total of 22. The producers are no less thrilled than ...
What filmmakers love best while on location is seeking out those amazing, offbeat restaurants and cafes. It so happens that Chicago offers lots of unexplored territory for the d...
Some years ago, spot editor Yamus (real name Jim Mudra) was working on a PSA spot. The footage involved many children and atmospheres, related his friend and colleague Red Car e...
"HOMESICK BLUES", the 15-minute short that my wife Junko Kajino and I made in Osaka, Japan, will have its world premiere Oct. 8 at the Chicago International Film Festival. T...
No sooner back from south of the border shooting Rick Bayless' "Mexico One Plate at a Time" bowing Sept. 12 on Ch. 11, Luminair's George Elder headed for California for his seco...
After a surprisingly good summer for many production and post houses, all things considered, the question is: Will the steady flow continue throughout the fourth quarter? Wh...
Joe Swanberg's excruciatingly intimate portrait of post-collegiate relationships, "Kissing on the Mouth," plays the Montreal World Film Festival Sept. 1-3 ahead of its local deb...
IPA, The Editing House, the little post house on Webster St. that for two decades catered to independent producers has been closed for five years now, but don't tell Scott Jacob...
Daily Planet's motion graphics designers have found another outlet for their creativity. Last week they launched Teetsy.com, an online boutique selling $15 original-design T-shi...
Film lovers in Chicago (and 31 other select US States) will have the chance to see the next generation of filmmakers from around the world and vote for the film that they feel i...
John Severson and Jonathan Lacocque of Smiling Toad Productions are ramping up fast with their year-and-a-half-old company?between them they have an active production slate of n...
Frank V. Ross brings his third tale of suburban alienation to the big screen when his latest feature "Quietly on by" premieres Sept. 10 at the Film Center, with an encore screen...
Angry Local 600 Central Region members blame the guild's West Coast-based national president for the "devastating" departure of the business agent they called "the best we ever ...
When Olive Films relocates to St. Charles from Richland, Washington in late November, Facets Multimedia, which has enjoyed a quarter-century status as the area's premiere art fi...
RICHARD PARO of Mudgeonsoul Productions starts shooting his feature, now called "Untitled Fringe Film," this October. The dark romantic comedy tells four interwoven stories...
